Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Horror > Paranorma: 168 Films to Rent
- Ring 2 (2001)
- Dir. Hideo Nakata
Feat. Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Sato
- Esteemable sequel to the 1998 original, this finds the supernaturally fatal videotape – the one that causes death, a week after watching it –…
- Shadow of the Wraith (Ikisudama) (2001)
- Dir. Toshiharu Ikeda
- Fitfully scary J–horror is set around a series of disconnected horrors in two halves: first, at a high school plagued by a creepy…
- Shaft, The (Down) (2001)
- Dir. Dick Maas
Feat. Naomi Watts, James Marshall, Ron Perlman…
- Wildly tongue–in–cheek remake of the dir.'s own THE LIFT, here with a New York City elevator going on a murderous rampage in its…
- Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
- Dir. Steve Beck
Feat. F. Murray Abraham, Tony Shalhoub, Embeth Davidtz…
- An orgy of gore, noise and mindless mayhem, this hi–tech remake of William Castle’s 1960 original subtracts the camp and adds a battery of…
- Wendigo (2001)
- Dir. Larry Fessenden
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan
- Elaborating on a renowned ‘urban legend’ with a refined script and a no–nonsense commitment to storytelling, this is a project fostered in…
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger
Feat. Kim Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen
- Another troupe of young ghoul–hunters head for the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland, which, in a post–modern twist, has become a…
- Gift, The (2000)
- Dir. Sam Raimi
Feat. Cate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Giovanni Ribisi…
- Rivalling THE SIXTH SENSE among latterday supernatural thrillers and with a pedigree to boast of, this eerie tale of smalltown ghosts and secrets is…
- House On Haunted Hill (2000)
- Dir. William Malone
Feat. Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Peter Gallagher
- An adaptation of the 1958 William Castle film, this is a modern day B–Movie that's none too ambitious, yet fun in its trashy way. Various…
- Isola (Tajuu jinkaku shôjo) (2000)
- Dir. Toshiyuki Mizutani
Feat. Yoshino Kimura
- Curious but finally rather tepid riff on the J–Horror genre has a psychic woman (Kimura) travelling to the city of Kobe to offer help in the…
- Rose Red (2000)
- Dir. Craig R Baxley
Feat. Nancy Travis, Matt Keesler, Julian Sands…
- Based on a real–life haunted house (San Jose’s Winchester House) this Stephen King mini–series has Nancy Travis leading a team of…